[MD] Value of art

[MarshaV]

Platt,

'The Mystery of Consciousness' was a great article.  Thanks for sharing it.

I just started a new painting.  It got me to thinking that each 
painting is like a new lover.  And like most new loves, I am having 
trouble sleeping for wanting to interact with this new experience.  I 
wouldn't trade richer, thinner or more beautiful for one moment of 
the painting experience.

Marsha



At 11:33 AM 3/30/2007, Platt wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Once again I find confirmation of my view that the key to understanding
>reality (and the MOQ)  is through art. This time it comes from a review of
>new book on consciousness by Nicholas Humphrey reviewed by Paul Broks in
>Prospect magazine. Broks writes:
>
>"Humphrey recognizes the value of art, in particular that artistic methods
>and media may prove more valuable than ordinary language 'as analytical
>tools for exploring the nature of phenomenal experience.'  We can, for
>example, learn from the work of Claude Monet, who was obsessive in his
>quest to capture the qualities of 'present tense experience.' Getting
>one's head around the problem of consciousness, 'experiencing the truth'
>of a scientific and philosophical theory, may be as much concern of art as
>science. Scientific advances alone may never be enough to satisfy our
>intuitions."
>
>The full article can be found at:
>
>http://www.prospect-magazine.co.uk/article_details.php?id=8612
>
>Regards,
>Platt
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